{"id":2762,"date":"2012-10-01T08:00:43","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T08:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.california-labor-law-attorney.com\/blog\/?p=167"},"modified":"2012-10-01T08:00:43","modified_gmt":"2012-10-01T08:00:43","slug":"sue-for-overtime-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.california-labor-law-attorney.com\/sue-for-overtime-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you Sue Your Boss in Los Angeles or Just the Company?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3376\" title=\"Photo Credit: Shutterstock\/ GaudiLab\" src=\"https:\/\/www.californialaborlaw.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/GaudiLab.jpg\" alt=\"Professionally dressed young man looking out a window\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.california-labor-law-attorney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/GaudiLab.jpg 5760w, https:\/\/www.california-labor-law-attorney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/GaudiLab-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.california-labor-law-attorney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/GaudiLab-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.california-labor-law-attorney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/GaudiLab-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the Los Angeles&nbsp;Labor Codes that Establish Individual Liability for Overtime Claims?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SO your employer owes you money but they went bankrupt, you might have recourse against the management directly, not to mention any real assets remaining in the company.<\/p>\n<p>The relevant&nbsp;<strong>California Labor Code provisions which establish individual liability are&nbsp;<\/strong>\u00a7\u00a718, 558, 1197.1 and 1199. These sections provide as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leginfo.ca.gov\/cgi-bin\/displaycode?section=lab&amp;group=00001-01000&amp;file=1-29.5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>California Labor Code \u00a718<\/strong><\/a><strong>:&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8220;\u2019Person\u2019 means any person, association, organization, partnership, business trust, limited liability company or corporation.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leginfo.ca.gov\/cgi-bin\/displaycode?section=lab&amp;group=00001-01000&amp;file=500-558\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>California Labor Code \u00a7558:<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;(a)&nbsp; \u201cAny employer or other person acting on behalf of an employer who violates, or causes to be violated, a section of this chapter or any provision regulating hours and days of work in any order of the Industrial Welfare Commission shall be subject to a civil penalty as follows: (1) For any initial violation, fifty dollars ($50) for each underpaid employee for each pay period for which the employee was underpaid in addition to an amount sufficient to recover underpaid wages.(2) For each subsequent violation, one hundred dollars ($100) for each underpaid employee for each pay period for which the employee was underpaid in addition to an amount sufficient to recover underpaid wages. (3) Wages recovered pursuant to this section shall be paid to the affected employee.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leginfo.ca.gov\/cgi-bin\/displaycode?section=lab&amp;group=01001-02000&amp;file=1171-1205\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>California Labor Code \u00a71199, 1197.1 :<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp; &#8220;Every employer or other person acting either individually or as an officer, agent, or employee of another person is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not less that one hundred dollars ($100) or by imprisonment for not less than 30 days, or both, who does any of the following: (a) requires or causes to be paid to any employee a wage less than the minimum fixed by an order of the commission; (b) Pays or causes to be paid to any employee a wage less that the minimum fixed by an order of the commission or (c) Violates or refuses, or neglects to comply with any provision of this chapter of any order or ruling of the commission.\u201d<strong><em>&#8220;Employer&#8221;<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;means any person as defined in Section 18 of the California Labor Code,&nbsp;<strong>who directly or indirectly, or through an agent or any other person, employs or exercises control over the wages, hours, or working conditions of any person.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>If an employee is seeking overtime wages, it is wise to have as many \u201carrows in the quiver\u201d i.e. name as many relevant defendants as possible, to perhaps get a higher and sometimes faster settlement.<\/li>\n<li>In addition to the above California Labor Code sections, provisions of the California&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dir.ca.gov\/iwc\/wageorderindustries.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Industrial Welfare Commission, (IWC) orders<\/a>,&nbsp; have a bearing on individual liability.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dir.ca.gov\/Iwc\/Wage_orders_January2001\/IWCArticle4.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IWC Orders 4-2001 \u00a7 2(H)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Labor codes and lawsuit rulings can be very confusing, but United Employees Law Group is here for you, <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"https:\/\/www.california-labor-law-attorney.com\/contact\/\">CALL TODAY <\/a>for your FREE case review and answers to your questions.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom of Form<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Photo Credit: Shutterstock\/ GaudiLab<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the Los Angeles&nbsp;Labor Codes that Establish Individual Liability for Overtime Claims? 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